The timeline is getting more of Joel's attention as Monday's project finish draws nearer. One of the things it aims to show is just how much local talent the community has produced and artists who were born or who lived in Cidade de Deus have been featured.
Local opinion remains divided on whether Fernando Mireilles' 2002 film 'City of God' was good news or bad news for the community but without a doubt it brought the neighbourhood to international renown and an image of Little Ze - Cidade de Deus's most notorious drugs trafficker and one of the main characters of the film - has been included.
It was November 13, 2008 when the police finally occupied the City of God. Thirteen people died that night. Ever since 300 policemen have remained partrolling the streets.
